This vintage Golden Eagle mic by Astatic brought over $300 at Auction Bay!

Auction Bay has recently had the pleasure of selling the largest run of vintage radios and radio parts & accessories that we’ve ever seen, and it’s still going! Thanks to a few consignors, we’ve had all manner of classic radio items, and this is just one example of the big sales from the collection. This microphone sold for a great price, and it’s easy to see why!

This item is the Golden Eagle model D104 mic made by Astatic, in great condition. Its gold coloration puts a great look on a classic microphone style, and makes it highly collectible and very desirable among the radio enthusiasts out there. It can work for HAM radio operators, CB drivers, and even modern radio broadcasters, and will give an unmatched style to each venue! This one even had its manuals intact, so the bidders weren’t shy! We started the bidding at the standard auction price of $24.99, because we knew it would climb without a problem. Sure enough, it got 22 bids and sold at $318.13!

If you’re a collector of old radio items, make sure to check our other items for more great old radios! Or if you’ve got a collection of your own, we can certainly help you sell it!

Anyone who appreciates a high-quality timepiece can appreciate these items! At Auction Bay, we find great success with items like this one: an antique pocketwatch, boasting a 14K Gold watch case. This watch was in good physical shape, but didn’t keep time, and it still brought $282.00 at auction!

Antique watches can sell well, as long as they have quality clockwork, or a desirable maker’s name like WALTHAM, Illinois, ELGIN, Hamilton, or others. The key to selling antique watches is to show off the clockwork! The face and the watch case are the obvious things to show off, and can have markings to help identify the piece, but at Auction Bay, we make sure to open the back of the case, if it’s possible, to show the clock movement inside! The movement is usually marked with the maker’s name and additional serial numbers, and shows how many jewels the clockwork contains. Sometimes, they are even decorated with highly detailed engravings inside, and all of this can lend toward a fantastic sale.

If you’re fond of antique pocketwatches or new wristwatches, keep an eye on our upcoming auctions! We’ve got some big-ticket watches to sell soon, including modern stylish pieces from Invictus and some real beauties from Breitling and Rolex!!

This Gold Coin Ring brought $322.05 at auction, over 2 times what the Jewelry Store offered!

Here’s another Auction Bay success story, with a very satisfied consignor!

Our consignor brought in this ring to see if we could manage a better sale price than she was offered by a jeweler. When she took it to a jewelry store for an estimate, she was offered a mere $150 for her item, and we were confident we could best that.

The Ring was a curious piece, made of a 2 ½ Dollar Gold Coin built into a custom round setting. The coin itself was in good condition, showing plenty of detail, and the ring did a great job of framing the coin, so it had the benefits of three kinds of value: numismatic (a collectible coin), intrinsic (a handsome piece of jewelry), and actual gold value. We listed it to show off all three of those, and our methods led to a sale of $322.05! That’s over two times what the jewelry store offered our consignor!

We encounter this pattern often. A jeweler will offer you an amount for your gold which still allows them room to make a profit when they re-sell an item. This is understandable, as they have expenses to cover, but it still leaves you wanting for the rest of your gold value! In the case of scrap gold, they have to take that gold, melt it, fashion it into new jewelry, and then turn a profit on top of that. But when we at Auction Bay sell gold for you on eBay, your item will always sell for its gram weight value or higher! We take specific measures to ensure that your gold gets sold for the greatest possible value that the market will bear, because the only way that we make money is if you make money. If you want to learn more about our process, check out our Coins & Gold page for more information.

Auction Bay offers you the best and safest method to convert your gold into cash.

At Auction Bay, we’ve sold everything from dolls to classic cars, and have brought smiles and big paychecks to our consignors. But among our list of items that sell well, it’s our Gold auctions that have brought the highest consistent range of sale.

GOLD is on everybody’s mind these days! In harsh economic times, the price of Gold has gone up, and people are rushing to sell it. It’s a good idea, too! Gold is in high demand and its price-per-ounce is the highest its been in years! There are lots of ways to sell your gold, and every company out there wants to do it for you. Local pawn shops and jewelers offer the convenience of a quick sale, but at the cost of a significant percentage of your gold’s value. A jeweler has to take your gold, melt it, fashion new jewelry, and then re-sell it to make a profit. The same is true for pawn shops, which will give you a value based upon what they feel they can get by re-selling. And then there are the websites advertising ‘gold kits’, asking you to send in your gold.

Those mail-in companies offered a fraction of actual gold value! If you want Top-Dollar for your valuables, then you should consider selling your gold at Auction Bay!
Here’s why:

When selling Gold on eBay, you can rest assured that it will sell for actual spot value or higher! From new jewelry to Gold Coins to old Class Rings and even broken, mangled jewelry, if it’s gold, it’ll sell. We take steps to make sure your gold auction offers potential bidders the highest confidence. We test gold items to accurately identify Karat weight. We show the actual weight in grams of a gold item in pictures as well as the auction title. We use keywords that make sure our gold auctions are seen by both gold collectors and scrappers (we’ll even include different spellings of gold designations, like 14K and 14 KT, so that your auction is seen, no matter what people are searching for). We take high-quality photos to show every facet in a piece of jewelry, as well as the luster of the gold color. And we show you every step of the process before you commit, so you can be certain of our methods.

The final thing to consider is that at Auction Bay Online, we make money based on a percentage on your item’s sale price. That means that we take steps to ensure that every item gets high visibility, and high bidder confidence, so that it has the best chance to sell for top dollar. And if your gold jewelry has sentimental value, then it’s got a great chance to sell to someone that actually wants to purchase it for its intrinsic value, to wear as jewelry instead of melt for scrap.

We look forward to seeing your Gold items at Auction Bay. Give us a try with one or two items, and see how you like the process.